Glenn Dyer’s TV ratings: Nine wins the night in spite of House Rules

House Rules might’ve been the most popular show on TV last night, but it wasn’t enough to put Seven on top.

Nine’s night in metro markets, despite Seven’s House Rules topping the most watched list and The Voice again fading. But in the regions it was Seven’s night in a close one, with the ABC a solid third (Nine was second) and Ten a distant fourth it its main channel share, down to just 7.4% (against 11.6% in the metros). Ten remains solidly on the nose in the regions.

Seven’s House Rules had 2.347 million national/ 1.492 million metro/ 855,000 regional viewers and was over 540,000 in front of The Voice which had 1.801 million national/ 1.271 million metro/ 530,000 regional viewers. Masterchef Australia had 1.325 million national/ 994,000 metro/ 331,000 regional viewers. Sunday night’s Kids version of The Voice out-rated the normal episode last night by nearly half a million viewers in metro and regional markets. That’s a telling margin for the normal episode’s future.

At 6pm, Nine was again dominant with winning margins in Sydney of a massive 196,000, 66,000 in Melbourne (more respectable for Seven) and 27,000 in Brisbane (about normal). Seven News won Adelaide and Perth. In the morning, with school holidays in some states, Sunrise’s audience fell to 298,000, Today’s fell further to 254,000.

Network channel share:

Nine (31.7%)

Seven (29.9%)

ABC (17.6%)

Ten (16.7%)

SBS (4.1%)

Network main channels:

Nine (25.5%)

Seven (22.0%)

ABC1 (12.8%)

Ten (11.6%)

SBS ONE (3.1%)

Top digital channels:

7mate, 7TWO (4.0%)

GO (3.7)

ABC 2 (3.1%)

Eleven (2.6%)

Gem (2.5%)

Top 10 national programs:

House Rules (Seven) — 2.347 million

Nine News — 1.933 million

The Voice (Nine) — 1.801 million

Seven News — 1.682 million

Home and Away (Seven) — 1.603 million

A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.441 million

Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 1.325 million

Nine News 6.30 — 1.275 million

What Really Happens In Bali (Seven) — 1.253 million

Seven News/ Today Tonight — 1.188 million

Top metro programs:

House Rules (Seven) — 1.492 million

Nine News — 1.343 million

Seven News — 1.282 million

The Voice (Nine) — 1.271 million

Nine News 6.30 — 1.275 million

A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.228 million

Seven News/ Today Tonight — 1.188 million

Home and Away (Seven) — 1.034 million

Losers: Enough choice last night, so no real losers. But The Voice is starting to look weak.Metro news and current affairs:

Nine News — 1.342 million

Seven News — 1.281 million

Nine News 6.30 — 1.275 million

A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.228 million

Seven News/ Today Tonight — 1.188 million

Australian Story (ABC 1) — 791,000

ABC News — 772,000

Ten Eyewitness News — 702,000

7.30 (ABC1) — 695,000

Media Watch (ABC1) — 677,000

Morning TV:

Sunrise (Seven) — 298,000

Today (Nine) — 254,000

The Morning Show (Seven) — 160,000

News Breakfast (ABC1, 582000 + 46,000 on News 24) — 128,000

Mornings (Nine) — 111,000

Studio 1o (Ten) — 55,000

Top pay TV channels:

Fox Sports 1 (2.7%)

Fox 8 (2.3%)

TVHITS!, Foxtel Movie Premiere (1.9%)

LifeStyle (1.7%)

Cartoon Network, Disney (1.6%)

Top five pay TV programs:

NRL: St George v Melbourne (Fox Sports 1) — 206,000

Monday Night With Matty Johns (Fox Sports 1) — 149,000

AFL : 360 (Fox Footy) — 83,000

AFL: On The Couch (Fox Footy) — 71,000

The Simpsons (Fox — 70,000

Tonight: The Seven Network rushes a Rolf Harris special to air for an hour from 9.30pm. It’s called portentously Dark Star (cue the spooky music). Will Nine follow with its own special later today? But why watch about Rolf Harris when Nick Kyrgios will be taking on Rafa Nadal at Wimbledon about then?

Do you know, or does ANYBODY know, what time zone the commercial channels are using?
Their start and end times for programmes, as promulgated in the media and online are fanciful (to say the least) and bear no resemblance to the ACTUAL times.
Understand that it is possibly a ruse to keep you on their channel, but it is extremely frustrating and counterproductive. It stops me watching something I’d like, because it will run overtime and make another programme unwatchable due to having missed the start.